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FORCC: Using forests to enhance resilience to climate change

This project aims to analyze the role of forests in enhancing the resilience of societies to climate change.
Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso. Photo by Daniel Tiveau/CIFOR

Objectives: This project aims to analyze the role of forests in enhancing the resilience of societies to climate change, and understand and identify forest management regimes and institutional arrangements that generate related benefits. It aims to inform national and sub-national level decision-makers and development practitioners how forests can be of value to other sectors, primarily water, agriculture and energy, and contribute to planning and policy making processes.

Locations: Burkina Faso, Laos, Honduras Duration: 2011-2013 Donor: World Bank/Program on Forests Partners: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Sustainable Forestry and Rural Development Project (SUFORD), National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)

For more information on this project, please contact Aaron Russell

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